A man fired shots during a chase overnight from Hunt County to a gas station in Rockwall, Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks said in a news release.

Just before midnight Wednesday, a deputy tried to make a traffic stop on State Highway 276 in Quinlan, about 21 miles east of Rockwall, the news release said.

The driver refused to stop and fled west on the highway.

He fired several gunshots before stopping at a gas station in Rockwall County near Highway 276 and FM549, about 16 miles west of the area where a deputy attempted the initial traffic stop, the Hunt County sheriff's office said.

By that point, both of the front tires of the man's vehicle had been blown out.

The Rockwall Police Department and the Rockwall County sheriff's office closed the intersection, which is east of busy John King Boulevard and just south of Interstate 30.

Roberto Omar Vera Jr., 51, was taken into custody about 1:50 a.m. Thursday and the intersection was reopened soon after.

Vera, was taken to the Hunt County Jail on charges of aggravated assault of a public servant, evading arrest or detention with a vehicle and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.